Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Fallen Heroes December 31


December 31, 2004


Marine Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith,


21, of Phoenix; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 31 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.


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December 31, 2005


Army Spc. Marcelino R. Corniel,


23, of La Puente, Calif.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, Fullerton, Calif.; killed Dec. 31 when an enemy mortar attack occurred in the vicinity of his observation post in Baghdad.


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December 31, 2006


Navy Seaman Sandra S. Grant ,


23, of Linwood, N.C.; assigned to the aircraft carrier Eisenhower; died Dec. 31, 2006, of natural causes while on the Arabian Sea.


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Army Pfc. Alan R. Blohm,


21, of Kenai, Alaska; assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Dec. 31 in Baghdad of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol.


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Army Cpl. Jonathan E. Schiller,


20, of Ottumwa, Iowa; assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 31 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while on a combat patrol. Also killed was Spc. Richard A. Smith.


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Army Spc. Richard A. Smith,


20, of Grand Prairie, Texas; assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 31 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while on a combat patrol. Also killed was Cpl. Jonathan E. Schiller.


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December 31, 2007


Army Sgt. Reno S. Lacerna ,


44, of Waipahu, Hawaii; assigned to the 87th Corps Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Dec. 31 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of a non-combat-related illness.


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Navy Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Victor W. Jeffries,


52, of Honolulu; assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, Kuwait; died Dec. 31 as a result of injuries sustained Dec. 24 in a vehicular accident in Kuwait.


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Army Pfc. Brian L. Gorham ,


21, of Woodburn, Ky.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy; died Dec. 31 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds sustained Dec. 12 in Afghanistan when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.


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